Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

One of the biggest questions when Left 4 Dead 2 came out was, “Where are the other survivors?” Alright, maybe it wasn’t the biggest question, but it was asked…a lot! Well Valve plans to answer that question this Spring.

Seriously! Go look! After a long 3 month downtime, the free rental site Demonoid.com is back up. Their main page says they are running a test script to see how things work, but the downloads are working. There have been some minor problems connecting to the site, but that may be from all the people trying to connect at once.

More Borderlands news for you. A new DLC pack is coming to gamers by the end of the month. Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot is not only bringing more arenas to the game, but also a whole new game mode. Think of ODST’s Firefight or Gears of Wars 2 Horde mode.

Borderlands was a freaking awesome game. So awesome that Gearbox has said they are totally doing a sequel! Destructoid posted yesterday that the Borderlands sequel may be titled Borderworlds.

This confuses me. The planet in BL was called Pandora. It was used as a prison planet cause it was the harshest planet to live on, and it had mining opportunities, plus a mythical vault that was said to be full of goodies! So will there be an introduction of new planets to the Borderlands universe? Will we be traveling between them, or will they just stick us on one the whole time? Only time will tell…or maybe Gearbox..

Anyone that’s played Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has heard the phrase “Oscar Mike.” Some of those players didn’t know what it meant, including myself, and made me think of Oscar Mayer Bologna. Oscar Mike means “On the Move.”

Short review: COD:MW2 is an awesome game. The story didn’t feel like the previous, this one had more of an epic action movie feel. The online is just massive. Check it out.

Giant Bomb has Oscar Mike T-shirts for purchase in their shop. The proceeds will go to the Child’s Play charity fund.

Here is the first trailer for Grasshopper Manufacture’s No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise. Still no word on a U.S. release, but they have said that the motion control ( which pretty much made NMH) is being taken out of the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions. This writer has only one thing to say to that; DUUUHHHHHHHHHH. I wouldn’t think that anyone would expect the game to retain the motion controls for the HD consoles, even if the PS3 has a motion control set up. The Sixaxis probably isn’t precise enough for it.

Previously in board game movie news, I told you about the Ouija Board movie. This time it’s all about BATTLESHIP! Director Peter Berg is working to develop the game for the big screen. I wonder if he will move his ships around after you start playing.

Fallout fans everywhere just let out a collective “FINALLY!” Yes, this Thursday the 26th; Thanksgiving to us Americans, Thursday the 26th to everyone else, there will be new Fallout 3 themed items for Xbox Live Avatars.

The Vault Boy suit will be 240 points, the head of Vault boy will be 80, the Vault 101 uniform will be 240, and the shirts will all be 80. Sadly there is no Power Armor, one item I’m sure most fans would want. Oh well, at least there is something!

Seattle, Washington based Undead Labs, is currently working on a console bound MMOZ. MMOZ? Yeah, Mass Multiplayer Online Zombie Game. So really that’s MMOZG, which looks like something a 14 year old girl would text to her friends. Hit the jump for more brain eating news.

Want to command your own Federation ship? That’s cool. How about settling for playing a character in the Star Trek universe? The official open beta for Star Trek: Online has been announced. Beta gates open January 12, 2010 and will close on January 26, 2010. Just in time for the game’s February retail launch. Beta keys are on a first come first serve basis. So keep an eye on the ST:O website for information. Or learn how to time travel with some red matter or something…

Recently Grasshopper Manufacture made an announcement that No More Heroes would be getting an upgrade and coming out on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The game will be getting a complete HD upgrade and controller change and will release under the title No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise. There is just one little problem..

Black Cat is straying from her comic book story for the upcoming Spider-Man 4.

Reports from Hey You Guys is saying that instead of trying to get her father out of prison, she is the daughter of the new editor at The Daily Bugle. She falls in love with Peter Parker, and discovers his super hero identity. Her father then dies, and she becomes a threat to Parker.

Doesn’t seem to be sticking true to her thief story roots. But when has a super hero movie stayed to the original story exactly?